Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission belatedly began announcing official results of elections today in which the opposition claimed to have beaten President Robert Mugabe.

Nearly 5,000 store owners, managers and business executives have been arrested since the Zimbabwe government began its campaign to slash prices last month, state media reported today.

The United Nations today urged Zimbabwe’s government to halt its campaign of mass evictions, saying it was a clear violation of human rights.

Zimbabwe’s government today dismissed reports of dozens of deaths linked to malnutrition as lies peddled by detractors and insisted the nation has more food than it needs.

Zimbabwe’s police chief has been appointed honorary vice-president of international crime-fighting body Interpol.

England’s players have remained united in their support for their employers over the past few weeks – but individual minds have wavered on the morality of playing in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe’s government today said it will tighten its land seizure laws, effectively cancelling eviction reprieves given by courts to scores of white farmers.

Zimbabwe’s government stepped up its efforts to seize white-owned land today as it rounded up more farmers defying eviction notices.

Zimbabwe’s government yesterday said it had accepted an offer of 531 white-owned farms for the resettlement of landless black people.

Zimbabwe’s High Court today granted bail to 21 white farmers who had spent two weeks in jail on charges they attacked black squatters who had occupied white-owned farms.